There's a whole world of homegrown lists about our favourite Indian flicks, ranging from the ones with artistic merit and critical acclaim to the films that were just ridiculously popular. For an Indian movie to make it onto a list of the all time greatest movies in the world is a very different deal though, one that signals a whole different league of success. Here are some of those movies! Pyaasa (1957) Featured on Time Magazine's list of 100 best films of all time This film by Guru Dutt about a struggling poet in post Independence India. It was a critical success and was rated as one of the 100 best films of all time by Time magazine, which called it "the soulfully romantic of the lot."

Nayakan (1987)

Featured on Time Magazine's All-Time 100 list

This Tamil crime drama was based on the real-life Bombay underworld don Varadarajan Mudaliar, and sympathetically depicts the struggle of South Indians living in Bombay. It was listed on Time magazine's All-Time 100 Movies list.

Pather Panchali (1955)

Satyajit Ray's movie which was also part of the Apu trilogy, Pather Panchali depicts the childhood of Apu and his elder sister and the harsh village life of their poor family. It was featured on The Village Voice top 250 "Best Films of the Century."